how our eyes might deceive us

what has caught his eye?

slightly off-focus

a small cloth I've been playing with since weaving class with Jude the main piece of fabric was dyed with a flour resist in a black-bean-dye I seem to recall; after having made the cut-out star/circle I've been adding bits of fabric 'on the back' that are just lying around, biding their time until my eye happens upon them and I am enticed to use them; the only guideline here was the cross shape made by the two oblong strips covering the hole and I wanted the whole to be two-layered, not quite there yet. I just love how when the light shines through, both sides integrate and you

can hardly tell one from the other.....

this is what it might look like, the christmas table for the beings

thought I spotted someone sitting on the OldBirdKing's throne, must be a trick of the light

Comments

OldBirgKing's throne is a wonder ... perfectly proportioned with the laden board.

As for the cloth, I'd be hard-pressed to name the two sides "front" and "back" if they were presented to me without said labels. I hope it ends up a two-sided piece so all the work is equally accessible. Wish I could touch them through the ether ...

hi Liz, I too love both sides, this started a while back (two years ago at least) liking both equally I mean; I love the challenge of making both sides interesting and worth seeing, so much so that I often prefer the so-called back, because it was un-planned by me to start with, although of course once I'm into the piece I do keep turning from one side to the other, checking out what's happening all over.throne and table and the rest of x-mas decor are coming together nicely.

well Dana, you're the expert when it comes to laying tables, so thank you! thanks to your blog I have come to reassess the daily celebration of sharing a meal, simple, exquisite and everything in between...sitting with my men (husband and two sons) together at the table eating dinner and exchanging the day's events is something I took for granted and now view with the proper regard and love it deserves.

Almost everything on the OldBirdKing's table comes from friend J. who volunteers at the Geefwinkel (= Give-away-shop, it's a bit like a charity shop where all is donated, the difference being that everything in the store is given for free to anyone who comes 'to shop', no money changes hands)

each time i've come to look, i feelthe cloth to be More...I can imaginewhat the feel of it might be. Thequality of "there" and no, "there!" isvery wonder full. It's softness butsubstance. It's a very Beauty FullCloth.

and am anticipating the long tableevent, butwhoisthatdaring to sit in Bird King's Throne???Might this be a problem?????Do They know him? or know even ofhis presence?

Hi, I'm an artist who happens to enjoy tidying-up.
" Art might simply be the awareness of how we might create self. That we do. What happens, and then, what we do about it. The story. And the expression of that." Jude Hill - Spirit Cloth [with kind permission]